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More Profitable Than SHIB or SOL? Digitap’s Big-Time Deposit Upgrade Gains Worldwide Attention

05 February at 07:00 AM, via Tech Financials

While the Shiba Inu price and the price of Solana have been dropping lately, more traders are interested in Digitap ($TAP). This global banking app or “omnibank” has gained international attention with the release of its Solana deposit upgrade, which improves its multi-chain capabilities.  Not only that, but the $TAP crypto presale is also making […]

‘Everything is quagga mussel now’: can invasive species be stopped? – podcast

05 February at 07:00 AM, via The Guardian

On a recent trip to Lake Geneva in Switzerland, biodiversity reporter Phoebe Weston witnessed the impact of one of the planet’s most potent invasive species, the quagga mussel. In just a decade the mollusc, originally from the Ponto-Caspian region of the Black Sea, has caused irreversible change beneath the surface of the picturesque lake. While ecologists believe invasive species play a...

Google Plans to Double Spending Amid A.I. Race

05 February at 02:43 AM, via New York Times

Profits jumped 30 percent to $34.5 billion last quarter, and the tech giant is increasing its capital spending this year to as much as $185 billion.

Autistic girls much less likely to be diagnosed, study says

05 February at 01:30 AM, via The Guardian

By age 20 diagnosis rates for men and women almost equal, research finds, challenging assumptions of gender discrepancy

Females may be just as likely to be autistic as males but boys are up to four times more likely to be diagnosed in childhood, according to a large-scale study.

Research led by the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden scrutinised the diagnosis rates of autism for people born in...

Mediterranean diet can reduce risk of stroke by up to 25%, long-term study suggests

04 February at 23:00 PM, via The Guardian

Two-decade study indicates a diet rich in foods such as olive oil, nuts and vegetables can cut risk of every type of stroke

A Mediterranean diet can reduce the risk of every type of stroke, in some cases by as much as 25%, a large study conducted over two decades suggests.

A diet rich in olive oil, nuts, seafood, whole grains and vegetables has previously been linked to a number of health...

UK Financial Ltd Deploys On-Chain Whitelisting to Transform SMPRA into Institutional-Grade Security

04 February at 20:00 PM, via Tech Financials

London, United Kingdom — February 2026  – UK Financial Ltd today confirmed the successful execution of its full ERC-3643 regulatory infrastructure deployment, formally upgrading the legacy MPRA token structure into SMPRA (Maya Preferred PRA – Preferred Class Regulated Security Token) under a fully deployed, verified, and operational compliance architecture. The upgrade transitions...

Lelia Duley obituary

04 February at 19:40 PM, via The Guardian

My wife, Lelia Duley, who has died aged 67, was an obstetric epidemiologist who studied health outcomes related to pregnancy, childbirth and its aftermath.

Working alongside frontline clinicians, she designed large-scale trials to test commonly used, but under-evaluated, treatments for pregnant women.

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Mr. Liu Xiaojun, on Behalf of Fufeng Group, has Fully Completed the Acquisition of Viva World Trade, Inc.

04 February at 18:47 PM, via Tech Financials

WINTER PARK, FL AND XIAMEN, CN  – Viva World Trade, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as the “Company” or ‘VVWT’, OTC ID: VVWT) is pleased to announce that Mr. Liu Xiaojun, on behalf of Fufeng Group (hereinafter referred to as “Fufeng Group”), has successfully completed the full acquisition of the Company. This acquisition has fulfilled all […]

Things reek, stink and pong – but why are there no verbs for describing a delightful odour? | Adrian Chiles

04 February at 18:16 PM, via The Guardian

We don’t have a single verb to express smelling something nice. Welsh and Croatian, by contrast, are never caught short when something fragrant gets right up your nose

I remember the first time I remembered a smell. This was remembering to the extent that it stopped me in my tracks, taking me back to a specific moment, a specific place and a specific feeling. The smell was that of a bike shop....

Breathwork has its uses – but when it comes to ‘unlocking your fullest human potential’, beware the puffery | Antiviral

04 February at 16:00 PM, via The Guardian

While some benefits such as stress relief are backed by solid evidence, they can be achieved without expensive hyped-up courses

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In the 2012 film adaptation of the Dr Seuss book The Lorax, a fable about capitalist greed, air is a commodity.

The mayor of Thneedville deprives the city’s residents of trees so a company he heads can sells bottles of air. He has,...

Wegovy and Ozempic maker forecasts sharp drop in revenue for 2026

04 February at 12:51 PM, via The Guardian

Novo Nordisk share price plunges after blaming lower US drug prices, patent protection issues and rising competition

The maker of Wegovy and Ozempic, Novo Nordisk, has predicted a sharp drop in revenues this year owing to a push by Donald Trump to lower US weight-loss drug prices, rising competition and the loss of key patent protections.

Denmark’s Novo , once the poster-child for the growth...

Why stablecoins are booming in Africa

04 February at 12:07 PM, via TechCentral

As stablecoin adoption rises, traditional financial institutions are rushing meet the needs of businesses and consumers.

On the Future of Species by Adrian Woolfson review – are we on the verge of creating synthetic life?

04 February at 11:00 AM, via The Guardian

A genomic entrepreneur’s guide to the coming revolution in biology raises troubling questions about ethics and safety

The prophet Ezekiel once claimed to have seen four beasts emerge from a burning cloud, “sparkling like the colour of burnished brass”. Each had wings and four faces: that of a man, a lion, an ox and an eagle. Similarly, a creature called Buraq, something between a mule and a...

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